Final Summary of the Joint Meeting of the Alliance Executive and Alliance Board - Washington, DC Noveember 30-December 1, 2006

Final summary of the AB and AE meeting held in Washington DC November 30-December 1, 2006. The meeting was chaired by Jim Godfrey. On the agenda: Allliance principles regarding "equal partners" and the abasence of hiearchy in decision making, European Union funding, GRPC proposal to modify Alliance policy on benefit sharing for improved varieties, and funding options for Alliance budget.